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Autore: | Mason Peter <1952-> |
Titolo: | Before disenchantment [[electronic resource] ] : images of exotic animals and plants in the early modern world / / Peter Mason |
Pubblicazione: | London, : Reaktion, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
Disciplina: | 508.0903022 |
705.94309031 | |
Soggetto topico: | Exotic animals |
Animals in art - History | |
Exotic plants | |
Plants in art - History | |
Natural history illustration - History | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Before Disenchantment Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1: Marvels of the Canaries; 2: Birds that Grow on Trees; 3: Hybrids, Prodigies and Monstrous Races; 4: Americana in the Exoticorum libri decem of Charles de l'Écluse; 5: Americana in the Enterprise of the Accademia dei Lincei, Rome; 6: The Camel-sheep; 7: The Sloth Proceeds; Epilogue; References; Acknowledgements; Photo acknowledgements; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | Imagine barnacle geese-creatures that begin life as leaves on a tree growing above water, but turn into small birds as soon as they fall in. Or the Lamb of Tartary that gestates inside a large gourd-like fruit. These are just some of the animal and plant |
Titolo autorizzato: | Before disenchantment |
ISBN: | 1-282-79613-5 |
9786612796135 | |
1-86189-748-0 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910781075803321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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